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Alaska's Wildlife-Inspired Place Names, Episode 3

Alaska's Wildlife-Inspired Place Names, Episode 3

On Hannah’s third trip, she will be embracing the cold and venturing north along with some of Alaska’s most iconic wildlife. While exploring the Arctic and Northern slope of Alaska, we will be going through several old mining communities and smaller villages that rely heavily on animals as subsistence resources.

Alaska's Wildlife-Inspired Place Names, Episode 2

Alaska's Wildlife-Inspired Place Names, Episode 2

Much of the Interior region is on the lands of Tanana Athabascan language speakers, so the wildlife-inspired places we will visit were first named in this dialect. We will continue to explore the many landscapes and towns Alaska has to offer, specifically any location named after one of our many furry, feathered, or scaled neighbors.

Advocacy in Action: Ambler Road lawsuit filed!

Advocacy in Action: Ambler Road lawsuit filed!

The Ambler Road would cut through federal public lands in the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve for the sole purpose of giving private mining companies access to undisturbed regions for hard rock mining. In permitting the Ambler Road, these agencies violated the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and other federal laws and regulations by making final decisions based on a deeply flawed and inadequate environmental review.